Handbook of radioactivity analysis

Handbook of radioactivity analysis / Michael F. L'Annunziata.

The updated and much expanded Third Edition of the "Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis" is an authoritative reference providing the principles, practical techniques, and procedures for the accurate measurement of radioactivity from the very low levels encountered in the environment to high...

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Main Author: L'Annunziata, Michael F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Elsevier Science, 2012.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Liquid scintillation counting > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Radioactivity > Measurement > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Liquid scintillation counting
Radioactivity > Measurement
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1
  • Radiation Physics and Radionuclide Decay; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DISCOVERY AND EARLY CHARACTERIZATION OF RADIOACTIVITY; III. BASIC UNITS AND DEFINITIONS; IV. PROPERTIES OF THE NUCLEUS; V. NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES; VI. ARTIFICIALLY PRODUCED RADIONUCLIDES; VII. NUCLEAR REACTIONS; VIII. PARTICULATE RADIATION; IX. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
  • PHOTONS.
  • X. INTERACTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH MATTERXI. RADIOACTIVE NUCLEAR RECOIL; XII. COSMIC RADIATION; XIII. RADIATION DOSE; XIV. STOPPING POWER AND LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; XV. RADIONUCLIDE DECAY, INGROWTH, AND EQUILIBRIUM; XVI. RADIOACTIVITY UNITS AND RADIONUCLIDE MASS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2
  • Radioactivity Counting Statistics; I. INTRODUCTION; II. STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; III. ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF RESULTS; IV. STATISTICAL INFERENCE; V. REGRESSION; VI. DETECTION LIMITS; VII. METROLOGY APPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; RELEVANT STATISTICAL REFERENCES TABLES.
  • Chapter 3
  • Gas Ionization DetectorsI. INTRODUCTION: PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION DETECTION BY GAS IONIZATION; II. CHARACTERIZATION OF GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS; III. DEFINITION OF OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS; IV. ION CHAMBERS; V. PROPORTIONAL GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS; VI. GEIGER-MÜLLER COUNTERS; VII. SPECIAL TYPES OF IONIZATION DETECTORS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4
  • Solid-State Nuclear Track Detectors; PART 1 ELEMENTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DETECTOR MATERIALS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS.
  • III. RECORDABLE PARTICLES WITH SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORSIV. TRACK FORMATION MECHANISMS AND CRITERIA; V. TRACK REVELATION; VI. PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; VII. TRACK FADING AND ANNEALING; VIII. INSTRUMENTATION; PART 2 APPLICATIONS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY; III. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES; IV. LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; V. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION INDUCED MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5
  • Semiconductor Detectors; I. INTRODUCTION; II. GE DETECTORS; III. SI DETECTORS.
  • IV. SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSES WITH SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORSREFERENCES; Chapter 6
  • Alpha Spectrometry; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ALPHA DECAY AND ALPHA-EMITTING NUCLIDES; III. DETECTION SYSTEMS; IV. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ALPHA SPECTRUM; V. RADIOCHEMICAL PROCESSING; VI. DETERMINATION OF ALPHA ACTIVITY AND RECOVERY; VII. QUALITY CONTROL; VIII. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7
  • Liquid Scintillation Analysis: Principles and Practice; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BASIC THEORY; III. LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER (LSC) OR ANALYZER (LSA); IV. QUENCH IN LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING.

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